Story+2009-06-30+Bern,+Switzerland

“Wie geht es euch? (crowd cheers) ich bin glücklich in der Schweiz zu sein (crowd cheers)…”
 * 30.06.09 Bern, Switzerland, intro to “Outlaw Pete”**

“Good evening, everybody! (crowd cheers) we’re so glad to be here in the beautiful city of Bern tonight (crowd cheers) the mighty E Street Band has come thousands and thousands of miles to fulfil our solemn vow to rock the house! (crowd cheers) but we didn’t come all this way tonight…we didn’t come all those miles just to rock the house…we came here tonight because we wanna build a house (crowd cheers) that’s right, we’re gonna build a house tonight right here (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the fear that’s out there and we’re gonna build a house of love (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the despair and the blues that’s out there and we’re gonna grab it all up and we’re gonna build a house of faith (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take doubt and we’re gonna build us a mighty house of hope…and we’re gonna take sadness and tonight we’re gonna build ourselves a house of joy and happiness (crowd cheers) that’s right, and we ain’t leaving till we do…and last but not least we’re gonna take that cooling off and we’re gonna build ourselves a house of sexual healing! (crowd cheers) that’s right, and we got all the tools we need right here on stage and in this crowd tonight…we’re gonna take the bad wood and we’re gonna use that and we use the good wood, we take the bad news that’s out there and we’re gonna take the good news that’s here tonight and we’re gonna build us a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise and now the mighty E Street Band is here tonight and we’re gonna bring down the power of the music on you (crowd cheers) but Bern, we need you to bring the noise! (crowd cheers) sing it like you mean it…”
 * 30.06.09 Bern, Switzerland, middle of “Working on a Dream”**

“I’m gonna test the band now…”
 * 30.06.09 Bern, Switzerland, intro to “I Fought the Law”**

“Thank you for coming out and seeing us tonight…back home, back home very hard times, millions of people out of work, this is a song that was written in 1855 by…Francis Scott Key*, it’s called “Hard times come again no more”…” [For some reason Bruce claims this night that “Hard Times” was written by Francis Scott Key, who wrote “Star Spangled Banner,” though Stephen Foster actually wrote “Hard Times.”]
 * 30.06.09 Bern, Switzerland, intro to “Hard Times”**

“Thank you for coming out tonight! (crowd cheers)… (…) Little Steven (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the unstoppable Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) and the biggest man you’ve ever seen: Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) Bern! (crowd cheers) Bern! (crowd cheers) Bern! (crowd cheers) Bern! (crowd cheers) Bern! (crowd cheers) Bern! (crowd cheers) Bern! (crowd cheers) Bern! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)(crowd cheers)...”
 * 30.06.09 Bern, Switzerland, intro to “American Land”**

“Keep rocking that thing, Stevie…don’t stop now, baby…because there’s just one thing I gotta know…there’s just one thing I gotta know…Stevie, I wanna know what time it is…(Steve: “According to my Swiss watch, it’s Boss-time!”)…”
 * 30.06.09 Bern, Switzerland, middle of “Glory Days”**

“(?)…I’m just a prisoner…of rock’n’roll! (crowd cheers)…”
 * 30.06.09 Bern, Switzerland, end of “Dancing in the Dark”**

“I don’t think you can take any more (crowd cheers) can you take one more? (crowd cheers) can you take one more? (crowd cheers) give me a little noise, boys…that’s right…(?)…” [The song was requested via a large sign saying "Hey Marissa, go see if Bruce is still Rockin' All Over the World."]
 * 30.06.09 Bern, Switzerland, intro to “Rockin’ All Over the World”**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//